Bloor's first job was as a trainee
plasterer for a local building contractor. Two years later he set up his own business and began building his first house before he was 20. His building company,
Bloor Homes, is now one of the largest privately owned house builders in the UK, and has contributed to the successful regeneration of the
East Midlands. In 2002, housing sales reached 1,870 making Bloor Homes then the largest housebuilder to be owned by one man. While attending the auction of the site of the former Triumph factory to buy the site for house construction, Bloor bought the collapsed Triumph brand in 1983. After sub-licensing the brand for a period, he invested over £80 million into rebuilding the marque, opening the new
Hinckley factory in 1991. In 2016, Bloor received the
Diamond Jubilee Trophy on behalf of all the staff at Triumph Motorcycles. The Trophy has only been given out four times previously. In 2018, Bloor was paid a £7 million dividend by Bloor Holdings, the company that owns Bloor Homes and Triumph. In 2021, the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his net worth at £1.275 billion. In February 2026, John Bloor was listed on the Sunday Times Tax list with an estimated £86 million. ==Personal life==